Agglomeration and dissolution of zinc oxide nanoparticles: Role of pH, ionic strength and fulvic acid

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 306-312

  Domingos, Rute F ^a   Rafiei, Zohreh ^b   Monteiro, Carlos E ^a   Khan, Mohammad A K ^b   Wilkinson, Kevin J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FULVIC ACID; MOBILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PH;

EID: 84883402487     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN12202     Document Type: Article

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